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Is it notlawful for me to dowhat I willwith mine own*? Isthineeyeevil,becauseIamgood?
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So the last shall befirst,and the firstlast:formanybecalled,butfewchosen.
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AndJesus going uptoJerusalemtook the twelvedisciplesapart*in the way,andsaid unto them,
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Behold, we go uptoJerusalem;and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priestsand unto the scribes,and they shall condemnhim to death,
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And shall deliverhim to the Gentilestomock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the thirdday he shall rise again.
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Thencame to him the mother of Zebedee'schildrenwithhersons,worshipping him, anddesiring a certainthing of him.
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And he said unto her,What wilt thou? She saith unto him,Grantthatthesemytwosons may sit, the oneonthy right hand,and the otheron the left,inthykingdom.
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ButJesusanswered and said, Ye knownotwhat ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cupthatIshall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptismthatI am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
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And he saith unto them,Ye shall drinkindeed of mycup,and be baptized with the baptismthatI am baptized with: but to sitonmy right hand,andonmyleft,isnotmine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is preparedofmyFather.
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And when the tenheard it, they were moved with indignationagainst the twobrethren.
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ButJesuscalledthem unto him, and said, Ye knowthat the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion overthem,and they that are great exercise authority uponthem.
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But it shallnotbesoamongyou:butwhosoever*willbegreatamongyou, let him beyourminister;
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Andwhosoever*willbechiefamongyou, let him beyourservant:
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Even as the Son of mancamenot to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to givehislife a ransomformany.
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And as theydepartedfromJericho, a greatmultitudefollowedhim.
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And,behold, two blind mensitting by the wayside, when they heardthatJesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
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And the multituderebukedthem,because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more,saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
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AndJesus stood still, and calledthem,andsaid, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
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They say unto him,Lord,thatoureyes may be opened.